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pete williams joins us with the details. it must be big. pete williams is joining us. >> or nobody else is left here. i don't think the white house thought they could stop the vote. i think they thought this will key in down the road. this is the fight over documents from last year that detail how the justice department responded when it discovered initial public statements were wrong about the gun operation called fast and furious. before today's vote the president asserted executive privilege over most of the documents. that didn't stop congress from acting. it could make a difference if it all ends up in court and here's why. if the full house finds him in contempt, and it could vote next week, federal law says the u.s. attorney in washington must convene a grand jury to decide whether to prosecute. but the justice department in the past under republicans and democrats has taken the position that the u.s. attorney cannot prosecute if that happens because it would violate the separation of powers. most recently the george h.w. bush admini
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nbc's pete williams joins us now. good evening, pete. >> some of the same questions inside the court today, larry, from the conservatives on the court. quite clear the four conservatives don't agree with you, basically, believe this law is unconstitutional, and it's equally clear that the four liberal members of the court believe it is not, that they would vote to uphold it. that leaves us with justice anthony kennedy. they were sort of book ended questions that tell the story here. at the very beginning, he was very skeptical, he said to the government lawyer, isn't -- doesn't this law alter the relationship between the individual and the federal government and if it does, and if it's unprecedented, to pressure you into buying something, which congress has never done before, then don't you, government lawyer, have a heavy duty to show it's constitutional. and justice kennedy, the questioning was along those lines. limits to what congress can do. at the very end, it came back to a point the government is making. gover
nbc's pete williams joins us now. good evening, pete. >> some of the same questions inside the court today, larry, from the conservatives on the court. quite clear the four conservatives don't agree with you, basically, believe this law is unconstitutional, and it's equally clear that the four liberal members of the court believe it is not, that they would vote to uphold it. that leaves us with justice anthony kennedy. they were sort of book ended questions that tell the story here. at...
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pete williams joins us now. >> not just allows but required. arizona says the lisle immigration is hit the hardest with a third of the illegal crossings coming over it's border in the last decade concerns with lax federal enforcement. they passed a new law, and most controversially, it requires police making arrest or traffic stops to check the status of anybody suspected of being here illegally and to detain them until status is verified. it immediately went to court, the lower court said immigration is a federal responsibility, and agreed with the government that arizona's goal of enforcement is at all costs upsets what should be national priorities. the federal government also says that it's concentrating on the most dangerous illegal immigrants, those that commit crimes or present terrorism, and that arizona would flad the system with anything who fails to have papers. arizona will say that states can pass their own laws on immigration enforcement. >> that word require, is that the key issue in this or is it a state's right issue? >> it's t
pete williams joins us now. >> not just allows but required. arizona says the lisle immigration is hit the hardest with a third of the illegal crossings coming over it's border in the last decade concerns with lax federal enforcement. they passed a new law, and most controversially, it requires police making arrest or traffic stops to check the status of anybody suspected of being here illegally and to detain them until status is verified. it immediately went to court, the lower court...
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nbc's pete williams joins us now with the very latest. good evening, pete, what can you tell us? >> we're through the underbrush. the question is can the supreme court hear this case? could the lawsuit be filed now. here's why it's an issue. 150 years ago, congress said you cannot challenge a federal tax before it goes into effect. the rule is pay now, sue later and try to get your money back. that arises in this context because if uh you tonality buy health insurance, you pay it to the irs based on your income. so the question was is it a tax? and if it is, does that mean the court can't hear this case? after listening to the justices today, larry, it seems pretty clear that none of them think this is a show stopper. they either think that the law doesn't work that way or they think that the law is not a tax. now, the justice department, the obama administration finds itself with a very nuanced argument that did come up today. what the government is saying is it's not a tax for the purpose of that 150-year-old federal law called the antiinjunction act. but, tomorrow, they're goi
nbc's pete williams joins us now with the very latest. good evening, pete, what can you tell us? >> we're through the underbrush. the question is can the supreme court hear this case? could the lawsuit be filed now. here's why it's an issue. 150 years ago, congress said you cannot challenge a federal tax before it goes into effect. the rule is pay now, sue later and try to get your money back. that arises in this context because if uh you tonality buy health insurance, you pay it to the...
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pete williams has some details. >> reporter: larry, this is shaping up to be a court term dominated by civil rights beginning with a case that will be argued next week on affirmative action, colleges nationwide use it believing that a more racially diverse campus provides a better education. the court gave a green light to that practice seven years ago, but since then has become more skeptical. sandra day o'connor who has since left the court. the court will almost certainly hear a challenge to the voting rights act. the section that says states have to get federal permission before they make any changes to their elections if those states have a history of discrimination. the states say the map that's used to determine how they need to get that clearance is out of date and three years ago the court agreed with that. and almost certainly it will take up the challenge to the defense of marriage act. that's the act signed by president clint preside president clinton that says that -- >> many thanks, nbc's pete williams. the justices are back at work, 37% of americans still have a negative
pete williams has some details. >> reporter: larry, this is shaping up to be a court term dominated by civil rights beginning with a case that will be argued next week on affirmative action, colleges nationwide use it believing that a more racially diverse campus provides a better education. the court gave a green light to that practice seven years ago, but since then has become more skeptical. sandra day o'connor who has since left the court. the court will almost certainly hear a...
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nbc's pete williams joins us now from washington with all the latest details. good evening, pete. >> reporter: good evening, larry. the vilma case is the easier one. federal law signed into law by president clinton in 1996. it says if a person is legally married in a state, the federal government can't recognize those marriages. that's where you talked about federal benefits heterosexual couples get and same sex couples do not. the prop 8 thing is bigger. while potentially it's confined to the state of california only, the question it out there having given the right to gay marriage could the state then take it away through proposition 8 passed by a majority of the vote nurse 2008. having taken that case, the court could get to the bedrock issue. can any state refuse to let same sex couples get married under the federal constitution. it could potentially be narrow or very far. >> pete, as i understand it, let me ask you. this one of these things, maybe the driving one, is defense of marriage act was about paying the estate act. where one of the two people said
nbc's pete williams joins us now from washington with all the latest details. good evening, pete. >> reporter: good evening, larry. the vilma case is the easier one. federal law signed into law by president clinton in 1996. it says if a person is legally married in a state, the federal government can't recognize those marriages. that's where you talked about federal benefits heterosexual couples get and same sex couples do not. the prop 8 thing is bigger. while potentially it's confined...
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nbc's pete williams, thank you very much. and i say good on that idaho couple. >>> now a breaking story out of toulouse, france right now. french security forces reportedly storming the home of the islam nick jihadist who confessed to gunning down three innocent children, a rabbi and three french soldiers over the last week. 23-year-old mohammed merah claims to be al qaeda militant who spent time in pakistan and afghanistan. french police admitted today he had been tracked for years, but he was not considered a threat. there are also threats here at home. the new york police department, nypd, their head of intelligence testified before congress today. new york city may be iran's number one target. that's right. at the same hearing, congressman peter king says iran has hundreds of agents here in america. incredible. let me bring in wnbc's jonathan dienst who has been working this story. good evening, jonathan. >> good evening, larry. lots to cover. all week the nypd has been stepping up security at jewish institutions here in
nbc's pete williams, thank you very much. and i say good on that idaho couple. >>> now a breaking story out of toulouse, france right now. french security forces reportedly storming the home of the islam nick jihadist who confessed to gunning down three innocent children, a rabbi and three french soldiers over the last week. 23-year-old mohammed merah claims to be al qaeda militant who spent time in pakistan and afghanistan. french police admitted today he had been tracked for years,...
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nbc's pete williams joins us now. this will be an unbelievable three days in washington, d.c., is it not? >> it is very much so. the question is not whether this is a good idea, but whether it's constitutional. the challengers, 26 states, the national federation of independent businesses and some individuals claim while the constitution gives power the congress to regulate commerce, congress doesn't have the power to regulate people who are not engaged in commerce. they say someone who does not have insurance cannot be forced to gout a go out and buy it. that's a violation of what congress is allowed to do, and they say the central problem with the law is the individual mandate. obama administration responds, no, it's not regulating the insurance market. it's regulating the broader health care market and everybody is in that one way or the other, because if they show up at the emergency room and don't have insurance, the costs get shipped to the people who do have insurance, and that's definitely commerce. very quickl
nbc's pete williams joins us now. this will be an unbelievable three days in washington, d.c., is it not? >> it is very much so. the question is not whether this is a good idea, but whether it's constitutional. the challengers, 26 states, the national federation of independent businesses and some individuals claim while the constitution gives power the congress to regulate commerce, congress doesn't have the power to regulate people who are not engaged in commerce. they say someone who...
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other information that we're learning also, nbc's pete williams reported earlier that the guns used in this attack were registered to adam lanza's mother and were legally purchased apparently. and we have also learned originally it was believed she is a kindergarten teacher here at the school, it was believed she was killed in her classroom at the school. we also learned that there was a separate crime scene not far from the school, a home where a person was found dead. we have now learned that the person found dead at that home was indeed adam lanza's mother. and then he came here to the school and carried out that attack that killed 20 children under the age of 10 and six adults. those are the latest leads that we're following. >> chris, let me ask you real quick. in other words, the chronology here to the best of what we know is that adam lanza first killed his mother at this newtown house and then went to the school to commit this mass murder? is that what you're saying? >> reporter: yeah, that is the latest indication. and you know from being on these things that that will change
other information that we're learning also, nbc's pete williams reported earlier that the guns used in this attack were registered to adam lanza's mother and were legally purchased apparently. and we have also learned originally it was believed she is a kindergarten teacher here at the school, it was believed she was killed in her classroom at the school. we also learned that there was a separate crime scene not far from the school, a home where a person was found dead. we have now learned that...
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here with the full story, nbc's pete williams. good evening, pete. >> larry, we're a long way from knowing whether the supreme court is going to strike down the core of this law, the insurance requirement. but if it does based on today's argument, the justices seem to agree that more of the law should go with it. and some of them suggest tossing out most of it. >>> outside the court, passionate sidewalk debate. >>. >> free market reform so more people can access. >> inside, the justices seemed unanimous that if the mandatory insurance requirement is thrown out, two closely related provisions would have to come true. one band from refusing to cover people with preexisting conditions, the other limits when companies can charge higher rates. but what other parts of the law should go? >> once you cut the guts out of it, who knows which were really desired by congress on their own and which ones weren't. >> my approach would say if you take the heart out of the statute, the statute is gone. >> is it within the proper exercise of this c
here with the full story, nbc's pete williams. good evening, pete. >> larry, we're a long way from knowing whether the supreme court is going to strike down the core of this law, the insurance requirement. but if it does based on today's argument, the justices seem to agree that more of the law should go with it. and some of them suggest tossing out most of it. >>> outside the court, passionate sidewalk debate. >>. >> free market reform so more people can access....
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pete williams joins us live from washington. pete, thanks for being with me. >> my pleasure. >> so in a nutshell, can you give us a sense of how these three days of oral arguments are going to unfold? >> yes. it begins with an anti-climax on monday. the court asks whether it even has the ability to hear this case now before it goes into effect. there is a penalty if you don't get health care under the law. the question is, does that make it a tax law and does that mean the challengers have to come back in three years. so that's monday. then on tuesday the court gets to the heart of the case. that's the individual mandate, the requirement that all americans buy health insurance. the question is, is that unconstitutional or does congress have the power, that the authority gives it, to regulate commerce to require that? opponents say, no, it can't be regulated, the obama administration says it's not just regulating insurance. it's regulating the entire health care market and the new medicaid requirement, extended it coverage violat
pete williams joins us live from washington. pete, thanks for being with me. >> my pleasure. >> so in a nutshell, can you give us a sense of how these three days of oral arguments are going to unfold? >> yes. it begins with an anti-climax on monday. the court asks whether it even has the ability to hear this case now before it goes into effect. there is a penalty if you don't get health care under the law. the question is, does that make it a tax law and does that mean the...
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well, nbc's pete williams joins us now with details. good evening, pete. >> well, larry, this was all a very odd thing, unusual request. what amounted to a homework assignment from a federal judge in texas on this topic, the power of federal courts to strike down acts of congress. and today the justice department turned in its assignment on time. >> reporter: the political controversy spilled into a texas federal court where the rules are designed to filter out politics, interrupting arguments about a challenge to part of the obama health care law. jerry smith, an appeals court judge put a justice department lawyer on the spot about a comment earlier this week from president obama. >> i'm referring to statements by the president in the past few days to the effect -- and i'm sure you've heard about them that it is somehow inappropriate for what he turned unelected judges to strike acts of congress. >> on monday, asked about predictions that the supreme court might strike down the health care law, the president used terms normally invoked
well, nbc's pete williams joins us now with details. good evening, pete. >> well, larry, this was all a very odd thing, unusual request. what amounted to a homework assignment from a federal judge in texas on this topic, the power of federal courts to strike down acts of congress. and today the justice department turned in its assignment on time. >> reporter: the political controversy spilled into a texas federal court where the rules are designed to filter out politics,...
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that, of course, being reported from our own pete williams. and you've also learned more about the shooter in this past hour, that it appears that his relationship to this school was his mom who had taught possibly a kindergarten class at the school and that that is who he possibly could have been targeting at that time when he entered the school all dressed in black. the scene right now throughout this community, of course, is shock, sadness just now setting into this community. they are beginning to react though, beginning to circle the wagons as we speak holding prayer vigils, comforting one another. and, of course, there are countless other families who rushed to the scene reunited with their children this morning and the parents who were told to wait over here learning different circumstances about their kids. but the backgrounds on this community, new england town, about 26, 27,000 people. we can all relate whether we're parents or not, just the tragedy, the tragic circumstances here. the sadness of an event like this. we've heard about
that, of course, being reported from our own pete williams. and you've also learned more about the shooter in this past hour, that it appears that his relationship to this school was his mom who had taught possibly a kindergarten class at the school and that that is who he possibly could have been targeting at that time when he entered the school all dressed in black. the scene right now throughout this community, of course, is shock, sadness just now setting into this community. they are...
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our colleague, pete williams, has told us he expects the last day of the court will be thursday. but it could any day since then. everybody was an high alert for the decision today. we've gotten the decision in the arizona immigration case. if i understand what carl said correctly, that most of the law had been upheld. i think that is actual a political win for the president. policy defeat because it keeps the issue front and center and will help him energize hispanics in the election. but health care is the larger issue for president obama's legacy and it also could have the same effect, the reverse of the ruling is what helps somebody politically, if the law is struck down by a 5-4 decision, democrats will try to rally around that. if it's upheld, you're going to see new energy from republicans on the trail, guys. >> john, a number of other things came out today. kwon if you've had a chance to go through them, including a montana decision. i know they were trying to apply some limits in terms of corporate spending within the state related to citizens united. but the court does
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. >> pop for williams company is up 1%. pete? >> we're talking about oil and gas. this name continues to perform very, very well. the january 40 calls were extremely active so people expecting to see more heavy volume day two. >> drop here for pulte. >> barclays suggesting they might be more attractive. basically they downgraded the whole sector. otherwise on inventory, this is a sector that looks pretty stretched here. >> got a drop here for mondelez. it appears there might be an utterly hilarious controversy. the name of kraft's new global snack business shares a similar pronunciation with a vulgar sexual word in russian. it is a combination of the latin worlds for world and delicious and now it's generating a world of delicious jokes online. you actually did on-the-ground research. >> i had to do some channel c x checks. i got affirmation that -- check your urban dictionary, folks. you might be a little startled. >> if you're over 18. >> i'll leave it there. >> a drop for staples. down 4%. >> maybe on another day this would have been received better, but staples
. >> pop for williams company is up 1%. pete? >> we're talking about oil and gas. this name continues to perform very, very well. the january 40 calls were extremely active so people expecting to see more heavy volume day two. >> drop here for pulte. >> barclays suggesting they might be more attractive. basically they downgraded the whole sector. otherwise on inventory, this is a sector that looks pretty stretched here. >> got a drop here for mondelez. it appears...